Cincinnati Reds legend Pete Rose was found dead at his home Monday in Clark County, Nevada, according to officials there.
The Clark County coroner’s office could not immediately be reached for comment and a spokeswoman for the county provided no other details, including the cause of death. ABC News reported that a family member found Rose and said the county medical examiner indicated there were no signs of foul play.
The ABC News report also said Rose, 83, had not been in the care of a doctor at the time of his death. Rose’s home is being examined and the cause of death remains under investigation.
Although there was no indication Rose had been seriously ill at the time of his death, Rose said in 2018 court filings connected to his divorce that he was “in poor health and disabled.” In that same divorce case, Rose said he had undergone three heart procedures in five years.
“His health is deteriorating,” the court documents said.
A Facebook post this weekend from the Music City Sports Collectibles and Autograph Show featured Rose sitting in a wheel chair.
The Cincinnati Reds also confirmed Rose’s death in a statement late Monday. “Our hearts are deeply saddened by the news of Pete’s passing,” said Reds’ owner Bob Castellini. “He was one of the fiercest competitors the game has ever seen, and every team he played for was better because of him. Pete was a Red through and through. No one loved the game more than Pete and no one loved Pete more than Reds Country.”
Though the all-time hits leader began his record-breaking career in Cincinnati and won two World Series titles here, he had lived in Nevada for years, near Las Vegas, where he owned a now-closed bar and frequently made paid public appearances and signed baseball memorabilia.
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He recently was the subject of a documentary about his career and his lifetime ban from baseball for betting on the game.
Rose regularly visited his hometown and could be seen occasionally at Reds games and other events. He also kept tabs on friends and family in the Queen City.
Rose’s last post on the social media site X was on Sept. 21. It was about his grandson, a baseball player at La Salle High School, who’d recently been featured in a Philadelphia newspaper article. “Couldn’t be more proud of my grandson … Keep hustling with La Salle baseball. The #Rose legacy lives on.”
According to social media posts connected to Rose, he visited Cincinnati as recently as Aug. 14, when his agent posted a photo of Rose giving a thumbs up in front of the statue at Great American Ball Park depicting his iconic head-first slide.
“It was great to proudly stand with him by his legendary headfirst slide statue in the hometown of the Hit King,” his agent wrote.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Pete Rose died at 83: What we know
